Colonel William Ledyard was an American patriot who fought at Fort Griswold, Groton against Benedict Arnold, traitor, and the British. When the British captured this fort, Colonel Ledyard and his men humbly surrendered. Colonel Ledyard yieleded his sword to a British officer. The officer took poor Colonel's sword and impaled him (Colonel Ledyard) with it.
He was born in Groton. He became a delegate to the Continental Congress and was the United States first foreign diplomat.
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She was a famous Inuit guide to Artic explorers. She was a guide to American explorer Charles Francis Hal. She lived in Groton and died there in 1876. She is buried in the Starr Burying Ground.
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Born in Groton in 1750 and lived to 1818. He was a textbook writer, almanac publisher, judge and politician. As a Connecticut politician he served on the Connecticut General Assembly,as a Senator on the Connecticut Senate and as a judge for the State of Connecticut, County of New London and Probate District of Stonington.
